Roosevelt visited Madera County
The summer of 1903 got off to a bang in Madera with a visit by President Theodore Roosevelt to Yosemite National Park. Although T.R. didn’t come to town, he did get as close as Berenda, and nearly everyone went to see him on his return trip in May 1903. Roosevelt had traveled by train to […]
Get the grill ready
Many of us have been getting mighty hungry for the kind of foods often seen when enjoying outdoor meals. Where I live, it is still a bit iffy about the weather, with one day hot and the next day cold. Might be sunny or it might be raining. But that is typical this time of […]
Angel Falls safety reminder following search and rescue
The Madera County Sheriff’s Communications Center received a 911 call reporting a possible drowning at Angel Falls in Bass Lake. Two subjects had fallen into the water, and while one was able to self rescue, the other was stranded in the water holding onto a rock May 19 at about 2:30 p.m. Madera County Sheriff’s […]
Book Talk: Levine, ‘Last Chance Lassiter’
I’m glad that I bought this book. But, to be truthful, if I’d read the description carefully, I probably wouldn’t have ordered it. However, I was excited to find a Jake Lassiter book by Paul Levine that was not on my 15-book list in this series. Why might I not have purchased “Last Chance Lassiter?” […]
Gray leads ‘Dogs to second MWC title
With an innocent fly ball to right, the Fresno State Bulldogs repeated as the Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament Champions in the heat in Mesa, Arizona, playing at the Spring Training home of the Chicago Cubs. Madera South standout Murf Gray hit a three-run bomb to give the Bulldogs a comfortable lead in Saturday’s title […]
Madera softball teams advance to title games
Both the Matilda Torres Toros and the Liberty Hawks softball team entered Thursday and Friday’s semifinal games as the underdogs. However, both teams pulled out upset victories to earn a berth in the Central Section championship games at Margie Wright Stadium at Fresno State. Torres had an easy time with 11 runs in the third […]
Torres headed to ‘Ship
O’NEALS — The Matilda Torres Toros baseball team scored early and often to earn its second straight trip to the Central Section Championship game. “The job is not done,” head coach Bryan Rubalcaba said. The ninth-seeded Toros opened the game with a four-run first inning and rode that to a 12-6 victory Friday over the […]